I just bought a 1997 318is and there are a few things I would like to know. Ok the first thing is the door handle on the car seems really hard. You have to pull on it hard until you get a click then the window lowers a little. I was just wondering is it suppose to be this hard to open or is there something wrong with my door? Other thing I was wondering being a nebie and all to BMWs I was wondering how you spell beamer is it bimmer or beamer? Thanks for any help i can get and I hope to post more and lean more.
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welcome! and congrats on the purchase!
i don't know about the door being hard to open, but i know about the windows. more cars have it nowadays, but the slight slide of the window was a cool feature, even is now imo. because your coupe has frameless windows, it is hard to make a perfect seal w/ the door sill. when you close the door the window slided back up into the groove to make the tighter seal. and when you open the door, the window slides down a bit to break the seal.
i posted something similar too, when i first came on board. i think it works both ways. but beamer was more for motorcycles than cars. there's a bimmer mag.. if you do a search for bimmer, that thread should pop up..
i don't know about the door being hard to open, but i know about the windows. more cars have it nowadays, but the slight slide of the window was a cool feature, even is now imo. because your coupe has frameless windows, it is hard to make a perfect seal w/ the door sill. when you close the door the window slided back up into the groove to make the tighter seal. and when you open the door, the window slides down a bit to break the seal.
i posted something similar too, when i first came on board. i think it works both ways. but beamer was more for motorcycles than cars. there's a bimmer mag.. if you do a search for bimmer, that thread should pop up..
You could be coming from a Japanese or American car. Those door handles are a lot easier to open. Hmm, come to think of it, our current Mercedes is pretty easy to open too. The old Mercedes was tougher to open.
It sounds pretty normal to me. My coupe is relatively difficult to open. Course, the door is also heavier as well as other differences from my old Civic.
It sounds pretty normal to me. My coupe is relatively difficult to open. Course, the door is also heavier as well as other differences from my old Civic.
Hey I'm back with some more questions. A little while ago I had some work done on my car because of an accident. I had left them my second key not the master one. Now that I have my car back I can't get the alarm to work anymore. When I push it beeps but does not lock. I held the button down until the alarm went off then I unarmed it. Then I locked it again, the doors locked but then a few seconds later the alarm went off. Any one have any idea how I can fix this? And thanks.
